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Blanka Vlašić

1983 - Today

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Blanka Vlašić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈblaːŋka ˈʋlaʃitɕ]; born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She is a double world champion, an indoor world champion and twice Olympic medallist. Vlašić's personal best of 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) is a Croatian record and joint third best mark of all time. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney at the age of sixteen. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Blanka Vlašić is the 464th most popular athlete (down from 288th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 208th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Blanka Vlašić ranks 464 out of 6,025. Before her are Toivo Hyytiäinen, Luigi Carpaneda, Giancarlo Bergamini, Afonso Costa, Jorma Kinnunen, and Frank Irons. After her are Sotirios Versis, Ugo Pignotti, André Auffray, Platt Adams, Mike Conley Sr., and Vince Gallagher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Blanka Vlašić ranks 48. Before her are Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Kirsty Coventry, Felicity Jones, Jelena Dokic, Juan Guaidó, and Amanda Righetti. After her are Jérémy Mathieu, Mika, Goran Pandev, Pippa Middleton, Braun Strowman, and Lupita Nyong'o.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Blanka Vlašić ranks 224 out of 700. Before her are Mišo Cebalo (1945), Željko Franulović (1947), Jelena Dokic (1983), Valtazar Bogišić (1834), Vlatko Pavletić (1930), and Zlatko Papec (1934). After her are Lino Červar (1950), Ivo Vojnović (1857), Doris Dragović (1961), Artur Rodziński (1892), Kićo Slabinac (1944), and Milan Nenadić (1943).

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Among ATHLETES In Croatia

Among athletes born in Croatia, Blanka Vlašić ranks 4. Before her are Duje Bonačić (1929), Dragutin Šurbek (1946), and Franjo Mihalić (1920). After her are Milan Nenadić (1943), Ivan Gubijan (1923), Ivo Trumbić (1935), Ottavio Missoni (1921), Mate Trojanović (1930), Luciano Sušanj (1948), Velimir Valenta (1929), and Abdon Pamich (1933).

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